10 pantry essentials for home cooking

Putting together dinner every night tin can seem like a lot of piece of work.

But with a petty bit of preparation and a few basics on hand, it is very easy to throw together a delicious family meal.

I program out my carte du jour for a calendar week or calendar month at a time so I know what's coming up and can accept the necessary ingredients on mitt.

But fifty-fifty so, I get caught some nights needing to improvise or change things up and that'southward when information technology's great to have these staples on hand. I tin can put together whatever number of fast, easy, delicious homemade meals with these foods at my fingertips.

Stock your pantry with these essentials — and your fridge/freezer with these — and yous'll be fix for anything.

Pantry essentials:
1. Onions
ii. Potatoes (russet, sweet, Yukon, ruby-red, any of your favorites)
three. Dark-brown rice (here's how to brand perfect chocolate-brown rice every time)
4. Other grains: quinoa, barley, farro, couscous
5. Pasta (various types: spaghetti, macaroni, farfalle, rigatoni, orzo), preferably whole wheat
6. Canned beans (various types – blackness beans, cannelini beans, garbanzo beans, refried beans, groovy Northern beans, pinto beans)
7. Craven broth
viii. Bread/English muffins/wraps (preferably whole wheat)
nine. Taco shells
ten. Basic spices (paprika, chili powder, cumin, thyme, oregano, cinnamon, etc.)